The factor that made him so powerful was also his greatest liability.

Foreign policy often involved nothing more than the decision whom to make war upon.

The way to a landowner's heart was to tax gently.

The cornerstone of the Roman legionnaires' astonishing fighting spirit can be attributed to their training.

With ancient history writers most immediately in view, the author indicates "tendency to look to the virtues and vices of individuals when seeking causes.

He was a stylist, not a thinker. He spent time trying to say things in as complicated a way as possible.

Author describes one monarch's impressive table but conveys a contemporary's observation, "the weightiest thing at dinner was the conversation".

Never base motivation or fear, entirely.

Reality confounds image.

Never ceased to pray.

If you want a great life try being kind.

If you really want to hurt, find someone who loves you.

You actions are your only true belongings.

You don't love someone for their looks, or their clothes, or their fancy car, but because they sing a song only you can hear.

I would suggest that today, we know about as much concerning the human mind as we knew about the galaxy in 1300.

I just go out there and fight for every point, and then we see how far I can go.

The least I can do is show Medgar I still care. And Martin.

At eighteen you don't think about memories, you tell them.

It matters little how one begins, provided that he be resolved to go on well, and to end well.